GEOLOGY 627 - HYDROGEOLOGY, FALL 2004

M W, 8-9:15 AM, 140 Weeks Hall

plus one laboratory section

Instructors

• Professor Jean Bahr (262-5513), 411 Weeks Hall, jmbahr@geology.wisc.edu
• Teaching assistant: Laura Craig lcraig@wisc.edu

Office Hours

• Bahr: M 1:15-2 PM, W 9:30-11:45 AM and by appointment
• Craig: T 3-4:30 PM, F 10-11:30 AM or by appointment

Required materials

• Textbook: Fundamentals of Ground Water by F. W. Schwartz and H Zhang, 2003, Wiley (available at UW Bookstore or at Underground Texbook Exchange)
• Course packet to be purchased from Bob's Copy Shop, 1314 W. Johnson St.

Other useful references (available in the Geology Library)

• Basic Ground-Water Hydrology by R. C. Heath, 1983, USGS Water Supply Paper 2220
• USGS Circulars (see particularly 1224, 1186 and 1139)
• Groundwater by R. A. Freeze and J. A. Cherry, 1979, Prentice Hall
• Applied Hydrogeology by C. W. Fetter, 4th Edition, 2001, Prentice Hall
• Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology, by P. A. Domenico and F. W. Schwartz, 2nd Edition, 1998, Wiley
• Groundwater and Wells, F. G. Driscoll, 2nd Edition, 1986, Johnson Division
• Groundwater Science, by C. R. Fitts, 2002, Academic Press
• Introduction to Hydrogeology, by D. Deming, 2002, McGraw Hill

LECTURE SCHEDULE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS

Date	Topic	Reading Assignment in Schwartz and Zhang
9/8	Introduction; the hydrologic cycle and water budgets lecture notes	1, 2.1-2.3
9/13	Porosity lecture notes	3.1
9/15	Darcy's Experiment and Head lecture notes	3.2-3.3
9/20	Hydraulic conductivity and permeability lecture notes	3.4, 3.5
9/22	Heterogeneity and Anisotropy lecture notes	3.6, 3.7
9/27	Well construction, Field mapping of heads lecture notes	3.8, 7.1-7.4
9/29	Transmissive and Storage Properties lecture notes	4.1, 4.2
10/4	Geology and Hydraulic Properties lecture notes	4.3-4.5
10/6	Hydrogeologic regions of the US on-line tour	4.3 USGS GW ATLAS WEB SITE
10/8	Weeks Lecture by Chris Neuzil, USGS, 3:30 in AB20 Weeks Hall - extra credit opportunity
10/11	GW flow equation I (Derivation) lecture notes	5.1
10/13	GW flow equation II (Simple solutions) lecture notes	5.2-5.3, 5.5
10/18	Review for midterm Review sheet
10/20	MIDTERM I (through GW flow eqtn)
10/22	Weeks Lecture by Warren Wood, Mich. State, "Killer Radon and the Solute Aquifer Test", 3:30 in AB20 - extra credit opportunity
10/25	Flow nets, Regional flow	5.4, 8.1-8.2
10/27	Recharge and discharge, Groundwater/surface water interactions	8.4-8.5
11/1	Aquifer tests I (Theis method)	9
11/3	Aquifer tests II (Superposition and Boundaries):	10, 13
11/8	Pumping test film; Slug tests	12
11/10	Groundwater modeling I (Guest lecture by Herb Wang)	15.3
11/15	Groundwater modeling II (Initial and boundary conditions)          USGS MODFLOW site	15.3-15.4
11/17	Groundwater modeling III (Simple examples)	15.5-15.6
11/22	MIDTERM II (covers topics through pumping tests)
11/24	Intro to ground water chemistry lecture notes	16.1-16.3, 17.1-17.2
11/29	Acid-base, complexation, dissolution reactions lecture notes	18.1-18.3
12/1	Surface reactions, redox lecture notes	18.4.18.5
12/6	Isotopes and age dating lecture notes	20
12/8	Chemical evolution of ground water lecture notes	21
12/13	Intro to solute transport lecture notes	19.1-19.3
12/15	Intro to contaminant hydrogeology web links pdf file of powerpoint slides	22.1-22.3
12/17	FINAL EXAM, F, 10:05 AM (cumulative, but emphasizing material since Midterm II) Answer sheet for review questions

Lab Schedule and Due Dates

Dates	Topic	Due	Points
9/8-9/10	Lab 1: Recharge Estimation Using a Water Budget Link to web resources	9/15-9/17	15
9/15-9/17	Lab 2: Porosity	9/22-9/24	10
9/22-9/24	Lab 3: Permeameters	10/6-10/8	15
9/29-10/3	Lab 3 continued, plus preparation for field exercise
10/4-10/8	Lab 4: Field measurements of head and slug test Note: Field exercise replaces regular lab this week (part of credit is for attendance) field assignments	10/13-10/15	10
10/13-10/15	Lab 5: Storage	10/20-10/22	10
10/20-10/22	Lab 6: Hydrologic Atlases	10/27-10/29	10
10/27-10/29	Lab 7: The Davis Basin	11/3-11/5	20
11/3-11/5	Lab 8: Pump Test Analysis	11/10-11/12	10
11/10-11/12	Lab 9: Computer programs for pump test analysis (credit for attendance)	11/10-11/12	5
11/17-11/19	Lab 10: MODFLOW I	12/1-12/3	10
11/24-11/26	THANKSGIVING - NO LAB
12/1-12/3	Lab 11: MODFLOW II	12/8-12/10	15
12/8-12/10	Lab 12: Graphical Analysis of Water Chemistry Data	12/13	10

Problem Sets

Assignment	Given	Due	Points
PS 1: Darcy's law, head and gradients	9/20	10/4	15
PS 2: GW flow eqtn.	10/11	10/18	15
PS 3: Flow nets	10/25	11/1	5
PS4: Pump Test Analysis	11/3	11/15	10
PS 5: Water chemistry	12/1	12/13	15

Lab assignments will generally be due on the day of your laboratory section. They may be handed in during your section or placed in your TA's mailbox on the second floor of Weeks Hall by 5:00 PM on the day they are due. Problem sets are due by 5:00 PM on the specified date and can be turned in during lecture, lab or to your TA's mailbox. Any assignment submitted after that time will be considered late, unless arrangements have been made with your TA for an excused late submittal. Except in cases of illness or other unanticipated absence from class, it is your responsibility to make these arrangements before the due date. In the case of illness or other unanticipated absence, it is your responsibility to make arrangements with your TA as soon as possible. The late penalty is two (2) points deducted from your score for every unexcused day past the due date.

Grades will be assigned for each of the following and weighted by the percentage indicated to determine the course grade.

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